>Thank You Sergy for your prompt reply.
>
>Problem solved
>
>The stupid SPi install installed the runtime files in my c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VFP directory, leaving the VFP8 original files in the c:\Windows\SYSTEM32 folder. I just copied the relevant files from c:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VFP to c:\Windows\SYSTEM32 and everything works fine now.

Hi Bernard,

Whoever put VFP runtime files into the Windows system directory created this problem. You cannot blame VFP for that because VFP7 and later doesn't copy runtime files there to avoid "DLL hell". It installs them into 'Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VFP' directory. SP1 replaced runtime files where VFP8 original install put them.